Cassava tops Lao agricultural export in first five months; China and Vietnam among main buyers of vegetable


VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Laos earned more than US$408 million by exporting cassava in the first five months of 2023, making it the most profitable crop grown in the country.

The main markets for cassava are China, Vietnam and Italy, Lao News Agency (KPL) on Monday quoted Lao Minister of Planning and Investment Khamjane Vongphosy as saying at the fifth ordinary session of the National Assembly (Ninth Legislature) of Laos.

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